Jul. 9, 2015

National Transportation Safety Board recommends that Amtrak install video cameras in cabs of all of its trains to monitor actions of engineers; recommendation follows May train derailment outside of Philadelphia that killed eight passengers. MORE

Jun. 10, 2015

National Transportation Safety Board regulators find complex explanation for 2014 explosion that killed eight people and destroyed two apartment buildings in East Harlem; place blame mostly on Consolidated Edison for poorly welded gas pipes and on New York City for failing to repair known hole in sewer main that eroded ground around pipes. MORE

Jun. 6, 2015

National Transportation Safety Board investigators probing cause of speeding Amtrak train's derailment in Philadelphia are encountering obstacles in trying to determine if engineer Brandon Bostian was on his phone before crash; are being stymied by phone carrier's haphazard method of storing data. MORE

Apr. 7, 2015

National Transportation Safety Board calls for new oil tank train cars to come with much stronger ability to weather high heat and pressure in crash or explosion; move comes in light of several recent derailments and large explosions and oil spills. MORE

Mar. 19, 2015

National Transportation Safety Board releases documents revealing that federal inquiry into deadly 2014 East Harlem gas explosion focused on plastic pipes installed by Consolidated Edison in years before blast; tests revealed that new pipe installed beneath area in which two buildings were leveled is susceptible to leakage; panel's conclusions are expected within few months. MORE

Feb. 24, 2015

National Transportation Safety Board releases preliminary report into Feb 3 Metro-North Railroad crash that killed six people in Valhalla, NY; investigators are trying to determine how large pieces of third rail, which pierced the train, were ripped from track bed. MORE

Jan. 28, 2015

National Transportation Safety Board issues more than two dozen safety recommendations for the natural gas pipeline industry, criticizing systemic weakness in how providers maintain largest pipelines in networks. MORE

Jan. 14, 2015

National Transportation Safety Board is investigating Washington's aging Metro system after one rider died when electrical malfunction filled subway tunnel with smoke. MORE

Nov. 19, 2014

National Transportation Safety Board rules that Federal Aviation Administration has authority to apply restrictions against 'reckless or careless use' of aircraft to unmanned drones. MORE

Oct. 29, 2014

Report by group of three senators and Christopher A Hart, National Transportation Safety Board acting chairman, finds that Metro-North railroad has been negligent in their safety efforts, putting profits above safety of their workers and riders. MORE

Oct. 29, 2014

National Transportation Safety Board reports that captain of Southwest Airlines jet that hit a runway at La Guardia Airport in July 2013, causing the nose wheel to collapse and injuring 11 people, may have been making major adjustments to the controls too close to the ground. MORE

Sep. 10, 2014

National Transportation Safety Board inspectors report that crew members of UPS cargo plane trying to land at airport in Birmingham, Ala, omitted several crucial steps that might have prevented 2013 crash; say lack of sleep, confusion about their altitude and relying on inaccurate weather information were factors in crash. MORE

Sep. 10, 2014

National Transportation Safety Board study reports that pilots killed in airplane crashes in 2012 tested positive for drug four times more often than those killled in 1990. MORE

Jun. 25, 2014

National Transportation Safety Board determine that pilots of Asiana Airlines flight that crashed at San Fancisco International Airport in 2013 did not understand crucial details of the cockpit automation; recommends changes in training and flight manuals and in the airplane itself. MORE

May. 23, 2014

National Transportation Safety Board says tests on lithium-ion batteries for Boeing 787 planes were inadequate, and that new tests should be devised to determine whether batteries with new chemistries are safe for use on airliners. MORE

Apr. 9, 2014

National Transportation Safety Board reports that 2013 ferry crash on the East River that injured 80 people was caused by captain’s error and a poor design on the ferry’s high-tech bridge. MORE

Apr. 8, 2014

National Transportation Safety Board offers possible medical explanation for fatal Metro-North accident on Dec 1, 2013, just north of Spuyten Duyvil station in the Bronx; train operator William Rockefeller underwent a sleep study conducted by a board certified sleep medicine physician after saying he was in a 'daze' as train gained speed, results of which indicate that he may suffer from undiagnosed severe obstructive sleep apnea. MORE

Apr. 7, 2014

National Transportation Safety Board will announce that William Rockefeller, Metro-North Railroad engineer at the controls during a fatal derailment in the Bronx in December 2013, had an undiagnosed sleep disorder; Rockefeller suffered from severe sleep apnea, which appeared to be aggravated by change to an early-morning shift shortly before the crash. MORE

Mar. 12, 2014

Deborah Hersman, chairwoman of National Transportation Safety Board, is leaving to become president and chief executive of National Safety Council. MORE

Mar. 11, 2014

James Romansoff, a Metro-North Railroad worker, is struck and killed by a train in East Harlem, the latest in a string of devastating accidents for the railroad over the past year; National Transportation Safety Board is starting an investigation into the accident along with MTA's police department. MORE

Feb. 27, 2014

National Transportation Safety Board member Robert L Sumwalt tells lawmakers that rail tank cars being used to ship crude oil from North Dakota’s Bakken region are an 'unacceptable public risk,' and even cars voluntarily upgraded by industry might not be sufficient. MORE

Feb. 21, 2014

National Transportation Safety Board hears testimony on August 2013 United Parcel Service cargo jet crash in Birmingham, Ala; use of a computer system did not perform as crew had planned; strong parallels emerge to crash of Asiana passenger plane at San Francisco airport five weeks earlier. MORE

Dec. 12, 2013

Experts testifying before the National Transportation Safety Board's hearing on deadly crash in San Francisco say pilots were deeply confused about the plane's automated control systems; add that problem is endemic to aviation industry. MORE

Dec. 10, 2013

National Transportation Safety Board hearings on deadly 2013 crash of Asiana jumbo jet in San Francisco will focus on widespread nature of related issues, including pilots' limited ability to manage automated systems in modern cockpits. MORE

Jul. 13, 2013

San Francisco Bay Area television station and National Transportation Safety Board apologize after station reports bogus names for pilots on board the Asiana Airlines flight that crashed in San Francisco International Airport. MORE

May. 17, 2013

Editorial praises National Transportation Safety Board for urging states to lower allowable blood-alcohol concentration for drivers to 0.05 percent from 0.08; notes that laboratory and driving simulator studies show that risk of car crashes increases sharply once blood alcohol rises above 0.05 percent. MORE

May. 15, 2013

National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that states reduce allowable blood-alcohol content for drivers by more than a third, to 0.05 percent from 0.08 percent; says progress has stalled and that 10,000 people die annually from drunk driving incidents. MORE

Apr. 24, 2013

Boeing acknowledges, at National Safety Transportation Board hearing , that its original tests of lithium-ion batteries on 787 planes underestimated the risks of fire; hearing's purpose is to determine how Boeing and Federal Aviation Administration could have missed the potential for catastrophic failure and how the plane's manufacturers and regulators can cope with rapidly changing technology in the future. MORE

Mar. 8, 2013

Report issued by the National Transportation Safety Board reveals most comprehensive picture so far of January battery fire aboard Boeing 787 in Boston, but does not provide details about the cause of the fire. MORE

Feb. 8, 2013

National Transportation Safety Board reports that Federal Aviation Administration accepted tests results from Boeing in 2007 that failed to properly assess risks of battery malfunction on new 787 jets. MORE

Jan. 28, 2013

National Transportation Safety Board finds no defect in second battery recovered from Boeing 787 that had been grounded at Logan Airport in Boston. MORE

Nov. 17, 2012

Freight train collides with parade float carrying wounded veterans in Midland, Tex, killing four and injuring 16; National Transportation Safety Board begins investigation into what went wrong, and whether mechanical or human error is to blame. MORE

Jun. 6, 2012

National Transportation Safety Board issues final report on March 2011 crash of a bus returning to Manhattan from a Connecticut casino, killing 15 passengers; agency says that driver Ophadell Williams was sleep-deprived and was speeding at the time of the accident on Interstate 95 in the Bronx. MORE

Jan. 11, 2012

National Transportation Safety Board holds hearing on safety of air shows, in wake of air show crash in Nevada that killed 10 spectators and a pilot; performance aviation experts say industry is safe and not in need of further regulation. MORE

Dec. 18, 2011

News analysis; for years cellphone use in a car has been compared to the problem of drunken driving but now Deborah Hersman, National Transportation Safety Board chair is saying distracted driving is like smoking; says her new tack echoes a growing consensus among scientists that using phones and computers can be compulsive, both emotionally and physically, which helps explain why drivers may have trouble turning off their devices even if they want to. MORE

Dec. 14, 2011

National Transportation Safety Board urges states to ban all cellphone use by drivers, including hands-free devices, saying its decision is based on decade of investigations into distraction-related accidents; cites growing concerns that powerful mobile devices are giving drivers even more reasons to look away from the road. MORE